#phrase

Some are born great, others achieve greatness. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#shakespeare #achievement

I've always said, 'I am a selector, I am not defector' - the first few phrases in English I learned. I said I hate 'defector'; something defective about the people. It's a bad word. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#always #am #bad #defective #english

But in this Congress, accountability is just a catch phrase, usually directed elsewhere. Demands to personal responsibility or corporate accountability abound, but rarely congressional accountability or fiscal responsibility. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#accountability #catch #catch phrase #congress #congressional

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single girl of high standing at Longbourn Academy must be in want of a prom date. ↗

— Elizabeth Eulberg

#humor #paraphrased #parody #dating

Speak softly and employ a huge man with a crowbar. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#paraphrased #humor

If you don't know where you're going, any road'll take you there ↗

— George Harrison

#paraphrase-of-lewis-carroll #life

It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces. ↗

— Helen Fielding

#life

Familiarity breeds complacency. ↗

— Rick Warren

#life

Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#men

You can fool some people some times but you cant fool all the people all the time ↗

— Bob Marley

#fool